Effects of transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) during a mixed-gambling risky decision-making task

Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 80-88

  Minati, Ludovico ^a,b   Campanhã, Camila ^c   Critchley, Hugo D ^b,d,e   Boggio, Paulo Sérgio ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d SUSSEX PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC); Prospect theory; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL TASK; MIXED GAMBLING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84864651028     PISSN: 17588928     EISSN: 17588936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2011.628382     Document Type: Article

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